1Waking after riches pineth away the bodie, and the care thereof driueth away sleepe. 2This waking care breaketh the sleepe, as a great sicknes breaketh the sleepe. 3The rich hath great labour in gathering riches together, & in his rest hee is filled with pleasures. 4The poore laboureth in liuing poorely, and when he leaueth off, he is still poore. 5He that loueth golde, shall not bee iustified, & he that followeth corruption, shal haue ynough thereof. 6Many are destroyed by the reason of gold, and haue found their destruction before them. 7It is as a stumbling block vnto them that sacrifice vnto it, and euerie foole is taken therewith. 8Blessed is the riche which is found without blemish, and hath not gone after golde, nor hoped in money and treasures. 9Who is hee, and wee will commend him? for wonderfull things hath he done among his people. 10Who hath bene tryed thereby, and founde persite? let him be an example of glorie, who might offende, and hath not offended, or doe euill, and hath not done it. 11Therefore shall his goods be stablished, and the congregation shall declare his almes. 12If thou sit at a costlie table, open not thy mouth wide vpon it, & say not, Behold much meat. 13Remember that an euil eye is a shrewe: and what thing created is worse then a wicked eye? for it weepeth for euery cause. 14Stretch not thine hand wheresoeuer it looketh, and thrust it not with it into the dishe. 15Consider by thy selfe him that is by thee, & marke euery thing. 16Eate modestly that which is set before thee, and deuoure not, lest thou be hated. 17Leaue thou off first for nurtours sake, and be not insatiable, lest thou offend. 18When thou sittest among many, reach not thine hand out first of all. 19How litle is sufficiet for a man wel taught? and thereby he belcheth not in his chamber, nor feeleth any paine. 20A wholesome sleepe commeth of a temperate bellie: he riseth vp in the morning, and is wel at ease in him selfe: but paine in watching and cholericke diseases, and panges of the bellie are with an vnsatiable man. 21If thou hast bene forced to eate, arise, goe forth, vomite, and then take thy rest: so thou shalt bring no sicknesse vnto thy bodie. 22My sonne, heare me, and despise me not, & at the last thou shalt finde as I haue tolde thee: in all thy works be quicke, so shall there no sicknesse come vnto thee. 23Who so is liberal in his meate, men shall blesse him: and the testimonie of his honestie shalbe beleeued. 24But against him that is a nigard of his meat, the whole citie shall murmure: the testimonies of his nigardnes shalbe sure. 25Shew not thy valiantnes in wine: for wine hath destroyed many. 26The fornace proueth the edge in the tempering: so doeth wine the heartes of the proude by drunkennesse. 27Wine soberly drunken, is profitable for the life of man: what is his life that is ouercome with wine? 28Wine was made from the beginning to make men glad, and not for drunkennesse. Wine measurably drunken and in time, bringeth gladnes and cherefulnesse of the minde. 29But wine drunken with excesse maketh bitternes of minde with braulings and scouldings. 30Drunkennesse increaseth the courage of a foole, til hee offend: it diminisheth his strength and maketh woundes. 31Rebuke not thy neighbour at the wine, and despise him not in his mirth: giue him no despiteful wordes, and presse not vpon him with contrarie wordes.